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Raspberry

Medically reviewed by Drugs.com. Last updated on Mar 25, 2024.

Excipient (pharmacologically inactive substance)

What is it?

Raspberry (or "red raspberry") is a fruit plant also known as Framboise. Flavors, such as raspberry, as used in the pharmaceutical industry for inactive ingredients, refer to natural or artificial tastes, which may include fragrances and colors of the flavoring. Flavors are typically used for orally consumed products such as syrups, chewable tablets, suspensions, or gums that impart beneficial therapeutic effect, as well. Raspberry is often sold as an herbal supplement. There are no regulated manufacturing standards in place for many herbal compounds and some marketed supplements have been found to be contaminated with toxic metals or other drugs. Herbal/health supplements should be purchased from a reliable source to minimize the risk of contamination.

The U.S. Code of Federal Regulations describes a natural flavorant as: the essential oil, oleoresin, essence or extractive, protein hydrolysate, distillate, or any product of roasting, heating or enzymolysis, which contains the flavoring constituents derived from a spice, fruit or fruit juice, vegetable or vegetable juice, edible yeast, herb, bark, bud, root, leaf or similar plant material, meat, seafood, poultry, eggs, dairy products, or fermentation products thereof, whose significant function in food is flavoring rather than nutritional.

Artificial flavors include any substance, the function of which is to impart flavor, which is not derived from a spice, fruit or fruit juice, vegetable or vegetable juice, edible yeast, herb, bark, bud, root, leaf or similar plant material, meat, fish, poultry, eggs, dairy products, or fermentation products thereof.[1][2]

List of medications using Raspberry

References

  1. [1]The Code of Federal Regulations. Title 21. Food and Drugs. Vol. 2. 2010-04-01. 101.22. Foods; labeling of spices, flavorings, colorings and chemical preservatives.
  2. Drugs.com. Raspberry. Accessed March 1, 2015 at http://www.drugs.com/mtm/raspberry.html

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